On 31 Dec 1848, John Mather (a labourer) son of John the Mechanic married widow Eliza Smith (nee Jackson). They were both 21 (or over). Thomas and Sarah Ann Adams (his half-sister) were witness.
On 13 May 1849, another John Mather, an engineer married Eliza Dennet at Farnworth, Prescot with witness Charles Mather. His father was also John, an engineer. It cant be the same John and John is buried with both his wives and was married in 1849.
In 1851, John (33 but should be 28) may have been working as a waiter in a Pub in Deansgate, Manchester.
In 1861, John and Eliza were both 40. John a Waste Dealer, living at 1 Peel St, Ancoats, Manchester. No children present.
In 1871, John and Eliza still had no children, and were now living in Coventry, Warickshire.
In 1877, Eliza Jackson Mather died, so in 1881 John is a lodger, widower in Manchester. The following year he remarried.
In 1882, John married Margaret Hughes.
In 1891 Census John and Margaret are married and in Bradford, Prestwich. John Mather died 1892 Prestwich, age 71 and Margaret Hughes Mather died 1896, age 70.